Meanings of minor planet names: 283001–284000

As minor planet discoveries are confirmed, they are given a permanent number by the IAU's Minor Planet Center (MPC), and the discoverers can then submit names for them, following the IAU's naming conventions. The list below concerns those minor planets in the specified number-range that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names.

Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are published in MPC's Minor Planet Circulars several times a year.[1] Recent citations can also be found on the JPL Small-Body Database (SBDB).[2] Until his death in 2016, German astronomer Lutz D. Schmadel compiled these citations into the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (DMP) and regularly updated the collection.[3][4] Based on Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets,[5] Schmadel also researched the unclear origin of numerous asteroids, most of which had been named prior to World War II.  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Government document: "SBDB". New namings may only be added after official publication as the preannouncement of names is condemned by the Committee on Small Body Nomenclature.[6]

283001–283100

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283057 Casteldipiazza2008 OZ5Castel di Piazza, a historic Italian village in northern Tuscany, near Florence, and home of co-discoverer Giancarlo FagioliJPL · 283057

283101–283200

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283141 Dittsche2008 YW26Olli Dittrich (born 1956), known as "Dittsche", is a German actor, comedian and musician.JPL · 283141
283142 Weena2008 YV29Weena, a fictional character in H. G. Wells sci-fi novel The Time MachineJPL · 283142

283201–283300

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283277 Faber2011 HX34Sandra Moore Faber (born 1944), an astronomer at University of California at Santa CruzJPL · 283277
283279 Qianweichang2011 HH38Qian Weichang (1912–2010), an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, was the founder of mechanics in China. He discovered the Qian Weichang equation and systematically developed the theory of large deflection of circular thin plates.JPL · 283279

283301–283400

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

283401–283500

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283461 Leacipaola2001 PX28Paola Leaci (born 1980), a researcher at the Physics Department of the Sapienza University of RomeJPL · 283461

283501–283600

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

283601–283700

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

283701–283800

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283786 Rutebeuf2003 QF104Rutebeuf (1245–1285), a French poetJPL · 283786

283801–283900

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There are no named minor planets in this number range

283901–284000

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283990 Randallrosenfeld2004 SG2Randall Rosenfeld (born 1959), the national archivist of the Royal Astronomical Society of CanadaJPL · 283990

References

  1. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  2. "JPL – Solar System Dynamics: Discovery Circumstances". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  4. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  5. Herget, Paul (1968). The Names of the Minor Planets. Cincinnati, Ohio: Minor Planet Center, Cincinnati Observatory. OCLC 224288991.
  6. "Guide to Minor Body Astrometry – When can I name my discovery?". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
Preceded by
282,001–283,000
Meanings of minor planet names
List of minor planets: 283,001–284,000
Succeeded by
284,001–285,000
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